Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam executive council meets in Chennai

Chennai, May 18 (ANI): The executive council of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is meeting here today

Senior DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran said: “A lot of issues will be taken up at the meeting. It’s quite an important meeting. My leaders will meet the press soon after the executive council is over.”

The DMK-Congress combine, which won 28 seats in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, is to review the post-poll scenario.

The DMK won 18 seats, and its allies, the Congress and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), won nine seats and one seat respectively.

As part of the UPA, the DMK contested 22 seats while the Congress had fielded 16 candidates and the VCK two.

Following the meeting, DMK president M. Karunanidhi is expected to go to Delhi to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to discuss possible candidates for inclusion in the new Union Cabinet. (ANI)